Rood Ashton, 28 March 2010 (16 pegs)

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As there was a "no show" after the lake had been pegged out it was decided that rather than endure the hassle of choosing a peg to take out it would be easier to carry on with the draw and leave the spare peg in the bag. Unfortunately however, sod's law intervened and the spare peg turned out to be peg 17, the last peg on the back bank and the best peg on the lake!
In hindsight it would probably have been better to have taken peg 8 (blanker's corner) out of the draw but we live and learn. Without resorting to naming and shaming, let's say that "The Worminator" owes his mate, Yan a big drink as the flying Dutchman never had a bite for six hours and I hope the offending article blanked at Golden Valley!
In future it would be nice if members that have booked in would let me know if they can't make a match, preferably sometime before the draw. [rant over]

Top spot on the day went to the highly talented Neil Mercer on peg 4.
Neil (fishing without his silly hat) fished at 12m into open water with pellet and weighed in an impressive 97-14. On the other side of the lake at peg 15, and sporting a healthy tan from his recent holday in Tenerife, Bob Warren fished paste at 11m to take second place with 74-7 while around the corner on peg 12, Stu Riddle made his mark fishing hair-rigged corn on the method feeder to take third position with 66-14.
Close behind, pheasant beater Alan Healy on flier peg 6 boosted his collection of pound coins by weighing in 64-15 on soft pellet just "ouncing out" Craig "trigger" Edmunds' pellet-caught 64-9 from peg 9.

Just out of the money was everyone's favourite carpet fitter and Psv's number 1 scalesman, Adam Woodland who could only manage 58-8 from the awesome peg 1!
In the league standings, match secretary Steve Burgess could only manage to scrape a meagre 15-8 from an absolutely dire craphole of a peg resulting in his nemesis, Alan Healy edging him out of the top spot by 3 points.
No doubt that will change next week as Alan is crap at Staunton Court apart from the one time last year when every fish in the lake was queued up in front of him and he managed to flook out 224lbs
Meanwhile, Adam Woodland climbs up to third spot ahead of Stevie Wynne and Chris Zaks while Paul "The Reedinator" Reed (somehow) sneaks into fifth place.

Overall Result:

1. Neil Mercer ...... peg 4 ..... 97-14
2. Bob Warren ............ 15 ........ 74-7
3. Stuart Riddle .......... 12 ........ 66-14
4. Alan Healy .............. 6 ......... 64-15
5. Craig Edmunds ....... 9 ......... 64-9
6. Adam Woodland ..... 1 .......... 58-8
7. Rich Jones .............. 13 ........ 52-3
8. Mike Wilson ........... 3 .......... 43-14
9. Adam Caswell ......... 16 ........ 43-0
10. Mark Radford ......... 14 ........ 32-3
11. Paul Reed ............... 5 .......... 23-2
12. Steve Wynne .......... 7 ........... 21-4
13. Mike Smith ............ 2 ........... 19-4
14. Derek Lucas* ......... 11 .......... 19-3
15. Steve Burgess ............ 10 ......... 15-8
16. Yan / Jan / Colin ...... DNW

*golden peg

Cider Farm, 14 March 2010 (11 pegs)

Courtesy of Wikipedia:

Dabinett is a variety of apple, customarily used in Somerset for making cider. It bears green-yellow fruit with a distinctive bittersweet flavour, and is probably related to the Chisel Jersey apple. A number of cider manufacturers produce ciders made solely or primarily with Dabinett apples, including Thatchers and Sheppy's.

(Not a lot of people know that!!!)

PSV Match Secretary, Steve Burgess, was determined to improve upon his last visit to Dabinett back in July of last year when after taking a break from his holiday in Devon to fish the match, he drew peg 8 only to receive a complete battering from Craig Edmunds off the next peg and finish last with a dismal 6lbs 8oz (Trigger won the match with 65-10)! So, when the last peg in the bag was peg 21 and the golden peg, the pressure was on. Fortunately though, for Steve "pressure" is just a word beginning with "p".

Steve fished two lines, both kicked off with a small pot of damp micros and a few red maggots. One line at 14.5m straight out in open water and the other in the shallow water at 13m on the point of the reeds. On the "all-in" Steve was into a carp first put-in on the 14.5m line with double red maggot. Also quick off the mark was Alan Healy across on peg 6, again using maggot and micro pellet as well as Paul (The Reedinator) Reed on peg 7, who had chosen (oddly) to fish luncheon meat on the hook. Adam Caswell on peg 6 also started well but things soon returned to normal for him and a walk round the bank to skyline a few pegs was soon in order!

Meanwhile Steve Burgess was steadily catching carp to 4lbs alternating between maggot and 4.5mm soft pellet until a run of skimmers prompted a switch to the shallow swim. After taking a few small carp from the reeds on maggot, one particularly hyper fish chose to launch itself through the air and into the middle of the reeds, smashing his rig in the process. Swapping back to the open water line produced a couple more carp then more of the dreaded skimmers so a new shallow rig was made up and Steve managed to continue catching from the shallow line up to the end of the match.

Alan Healy had been matching Steve's catch rate for most of the match but had lost a lot of foul-hooked fish, Paul Reed reckoned Alan had hooked 150lbs of fish but, as they say, the only ones that count are the ones in the net! The bank-walking rumour mill (Adam Caswell and Mark Radford) were saying that Chris Zak on peg 16 had at least 30 carp, caught on paste and Ryan Jordan on peg 29 had also done well along with new member and CFL regular Mike Smith. However, Steve sealed a comfortable win and also secured the £22 golden peg putting over 77lbs onto the scales followed by Alan with 53-5 and Chris with 43-4.

Overall Result:

1. Steve Burgess* .. peg 21 ... 77-6
2. Alan Healy .......... 6 .......... 53-5
3. Chris Szakacs ...... 16 ........ 43-4
4. Paul Reed ............ 7 .......... 38-15
5. Ryan Jordan ........ 29 ....... 37-8
6. Mike Smith .......... 19 ....... 32-9
7. Adam Woodland .. 25 ...... 16-10
8. Steve Wynne ......... 12 ...... 15-6
   
9. Stuart Ashton ........ 20 ..... 9-0
10. Adam Caswell ....... 8 ...... DNW
11. Mark Radford ....... 17 ..... DNW

* golden peg


Year Totals (after 2 matches):

1. Steve Burgess ... 37pts ... 96-14
2. Alan Healy ............ 29 ........ 64-8
3. Chris Szakacs ........ 29 ....... 60-14
4. Steve Wynne ......... 25 ....... 33-15
5. Adam Woodland ... 24 ....... 30-9
6. Paul Reed .............. 21 ........ 44-9
7. Derek Lucas .......... 20 ........ 21-9
8. Ryan Jordan ......... 13 ......... 37-8
9. Mike Smith ........... 12 ......... 32-9
10. Rich Jones ............ 11 ......... 11-1
11. Adam Caswell ....... 10 ........ 10-9
12. Stuart Ashton ....... 9 .......... 9-0
13. Stuart Riddle ........ 9 .......... 8-15
14. Mark Radford ....... 8 ......... 8-0
    

Staunton Court, Pole only, 7 March (11 pegs)

Despite a hard overnight frost and temperatures down to -5, fortunately the lake was free of ice but it was unlikely that the Staunton carp would be on the feed so the main target for the day was the lake's neglected population of skimmers.
The carp still had an influence on the final outcome though, as four out of the top six weights included a bonus fish.
Fair-weather angler Rich Jones, pegged on the concrete at the start of the metal pilings, had a good start with a bonus carp early into the match but his neighbour in the corner peg, former Spitfire pilot and serial fish-avoider, Derek Lucas was the man to beat.
After snaring a good sized carp in the tail early on Derek went on to capitalize with a run of good sized skimmers on soft pellet over micros at 14m.
Derek said after the match: "I started on maggot (donated by Rich Jones) but was getting only small stuff until changing to soft pellet (donated by Steve Burgess) which sorted out the decent skimmers"
Steve Burgess, pegged on the bottom bank with the icy wind in his face fished two lines at 13m, one fed with groundbait and the other with 3mm pellet. Fishing double red maggot and alternating between the two lines, Steve caught at a steady pace from start to finish and included a near 8lb foul-hooked carp in his 19lbs 8oz total.
Most of his fish which included some good skimmers up to the 2lb mark were caught over the pellet feed.
This meant that Steve was able to claw back a pound coin off the Knowle West pheasant beater bringing the 2010 score back to a more bearable 3-2 to Alan.
With Steve and Derek van sharing it was rumoured that Curry Kings would be getting a good seeing-to later on!
Third spot went to Southmead veteran Stevie Wynne with an impressive all-skimmer net of 18lbs 9oz caught on maggot over micro pellet feed. Steve could easily have won the match had he landed the "proper" bream that managed to snap his power kit before making it's getaway.
It is rumoured that Stevie Wynne's pole now contains more gaffer tape than carbon!
The final frame place went to silvers specialist Chris Zak pegged next to the wooden pontoon with a total of 17lbs 10oz. Chris started on the chopped worm but struggled until switching to his long line where he fished soft pellet over micro and was able to put together a good run of skimmers until, unfortunately, a lost carp unsettled his peg and left him virtually biteless for over an hour.
And on a final note, matchwinner Derek Lucas never managed to turn up for work on Monday so it seems his new found success got the better of him (or the Natch did)!


Overall Results:

1. Derek Lucas ..... peg 5 ..... 21-9
2. Steve Burgess ........ 11 ..... 19-8
3. Steve Wynne .......... 8 ...... 18-9
4. Chris Zak ............... 1 ....... 17-10
5. Adam Woodland* . 10 ..... 13-15
6. Alan Healy ............. 6 ...... 11-3
7. Rich Jones ............. 4 ...... 11-1
8. Adam Caswell ........ 9 ...... 10-9
9. Stuart Riddle ......... 3 ....... 8-15
10. Mark Radford ........ 7 ....... 8-0
11. Paul Reed ............... 2 ....... 5-10

*golden peg

2009/10 Season Totals & Winter League

Winter League Final Placings:

1. Alan Healy ...... 215pts ...... 488-1
2. Darren North .... 189 ........ 447-10
3. Steve Burgess .... 186 ........ 371-13
4. Mark Radford .... 166 ....... 350-13
   
5. Simon Belcham .. 120 ....... 313-8
6. Derek Lucas ....... 110 ....... 173-12
7. Ryan Jordan ....... 105 ....... 211-8
8. Paul Elmes ......... 103 ....... 269-5
9. Adam Caswell .....103 ........ 232-14
10. Adam Woodland . 95 ........ 151-14
11. Paul Reed ............ 91 ........ 188-9
12. Bob Warren ......... 91 ........ 172-1
13. Brian Shanks ....... 84 ........ 211-8
14. Mark Britton ....... 73 ......... 237-2
15. Chris Zak ............. 71 ......... 126-12
16. Stuart Riddle ....... 56 ........ 107-15
17. Mike Wilson ........ 46 ........ 108-9
18. Steve Wynne ........ 44 ........ 48-9
19. Neil Mercer .......... 36 ........ 51-4
20. Craig Edmunds .... 35 ........ 146-7
21. Eddie Wynne ....... 32 ........ 21-1
22. Dean Malin .......... 20 ........ 57-15
23. Tony Rixon .......... 14 ......... 55-7
24. Rich Jones ........... 11 .......... 34-0
25. Yan / Colin .......... 10 .......... 6-6
26. Ryan Radford ...... 5 ............ 10-1

Season Final Placings:

1. Mark Radford ..... 419 ..... 1381-12
2. Alan Healy .......... 417 ...... 1297-4
3. Steve Burgess ..... 415 ..... 1284-5
4. Darren North ...... 359 ..... 1019-0
5. Simon Belcham .. 308 ...... 907-5
6. Bob Warren ........ 304 ...... 976-11
7. Adam Caswell ..... 279 ...... 1036-7
8. Paul Elmes .......... 237 ...... 946-7
9. Adam Woodland . 234 ...... 683-8
10. Craig Edmunds ... 228 ...... 1162-9
11. Derek Lucas ......... 221 ...... 517-9
12. Ryan Jordan ........ 210 ...... 743-15
13. Paul Reed ............. 193 ...... 525-0
14. Steve Wynne ........ 131 ....... 389-2
15. Dave Tippet .......... 113 ...... 349-3
16. Mark Britton ........ 102 ...... 302-0
17. Brian Shanks ........ 101 ...... 297-4
18. Eddie Perkins ....... 78 ....... 160-6
19. Chris Zak .............. 71 ........ 126-12
20. Mike Wilson ......... 70 ....... 168-5
21. Eddie Wynne ........ 58 ....... 80-9
22. Stuart Riddle ........ 56 ....... 107-15
23. Yan (Colin) ........... 55 ....... 151-0
24. Ryan Radford ....... 47 ....... 101-9
25. Tony Rixon ........... 42 ....... 180-1
26. Rich Jones ............ 41 ........ 219-5
27. Neil Mercer ........... 36 ....... 51-4
28. Dean Malin ........... 20 ....... 57-15

Burley Fields Silvers Only, 21 Feb (10 pegs)

As is the norm at Burley Fields we were greeted on arrival by the sight of a pleasure angler on the lake even though I had asked the bailiff to put up a notice. Fortunately, the guy was still setting up his carp rods and took it quite well avoiding the need to unleash Darren North (just as well Dean wasn't there). At that point the bailiff showed up and pointed out that the sign must have blown away in the night which somewhat pissed off our new friend as he said that the bailiff had watched him carry his carp gear down the bank at 7am!
The match started off well with most catching from the all-in. Tucked away in the bottom corner of the car park bank Knowle West's favourite pheasant beater, Alan Healy made the best of his cracking draw and got off to a flying start catching quality roach and perch from the off.
Also quick off the mark were Neil Mercer, Chris Zak (venue expert) and Ryan Jordan who were all pegged on the better roadside bank. Unfortunately though, after the first hour, the quality roach backed off the pole line and bites all around the lake were hard to come by.
The final result was decided by numbers of better quality fish which meant that Alan, with some decent skimmers and 4 specimen perch was the clear winner followed by Ryan with one proper bream and some good sized skimmers.


Paul Reed on the infamous Barbel peg which, unfortunately for "The Reedinator", failed to produce any barbel today apart from the one he stunned while plumbing up!








Overall Results:

1. Alan Healy ...... peg 4 ...... 16-13
2. Ryan Jordan .......... 9 ...... 13-7
3. Chris Zak .............. 10 ...... 10-6
4. Neil Mercer ........... 8 ....... 10-3
5. Mark Radford ....... 7 ........ 7-11
6. Steve Burgess ........ 5 ....... 6-12
7. Darren North ........ 2 ....... 6-7
8. Yan / Colin ............ 1 ........ 6-6
9. Derek Lucas .......... 3 ....... 5-14
10. Paul Reed .............. 6 ....... 4-12

Derek Lucas with a freshly waxed moustache, set-up and raring to go!

New club junior member

Congratulations to new parents Paul and Marie Elmes on the birth of their baby girl, Lily, who showed up this morning weighing in at 8lbs 3oz which means she is Paul's biggest weight of the year so far!

Viaduct, Match Lake, 7 Feb (10 Pegs)

With a good draw, corner peg 49, and also the golden peg, things were looking good, for once, for Psv's vice chairman Ryan Jordan.
At the start Ryan chose to fish a cage feeder with a corn and meat mix up to the corner of the island while his pole lines settled and within minutes he was into a good sized skimmer on hair-rigged meat. This was followed over the next hour by three similar sized fish before the feeder swim died leaving him to scratch around for bits on his pole lines.
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the lake, part-time pheasant beater
Alan Healy on 42 was steadily building a weight of silvers on the pole and Psv veteran Bob Warren, on 51, had netted a 3lb carp on straight lead and maggot early on and was also catching small roach on the pole.
With an hour to go Ryan's early lead was fading fast as Mark Radford,
Steve Burgess and Adam Caswell were all catching. As ever Adam had spent the best part of the match fishless and bankwalking before realising (with a bit of help from mark Radford) that there were fish in his peg after all ..... just not in the spot he'd been fishing in! Eventually though luck played it's part for Ryan when he managed to foul-hook a 4-10 carp from the corner margin and seal the win and the £86 golden peg money on top.




Ryan Jordan looks pleased with his win but now faces the dilemna of whether to spend his winnings on this month's rent or 34 doner kebabs!











Result:

1. Ryan Jordan* ....... Peg 49 .... 14-11
2. Bob Warren ............. 51 ........ 12-0
3. Alan Healy ............... 42 ........ 10-9
4. Adam Caswell .......... 40 ........ 8-15
5. Steve Burgess ........... 50 ........ 8-3
6. Mark Radford .......... 43 ......... 5-10
7. Derek Lucas ............. 52 ......... 4-9
8. Paul Reed ................. 45 ......... 4-0
9. Adam Woodland ...... 44 ......... 3-2
10. Ryan Radford ........... 47 ......... DNW

*Golden peg

Winter Series & Year To Date

Winter Series:

1. Darren North ....... 178 pts ..... 441-3
2. Alan Healy ............ 172 .......... 460-11
3. Steve Burgess ....... 150 .......... 356-14
4. Mark Radford ....... 141 .......... 337-8
5. Simon Belcham ..... 105 ......... 313-8
6. Paul Elmes ............ 103 ......... 269-5
7. Derek Lucas .......... 86 ........... 163-5
8. Brian Shanks ......... 84 ........... 211-8
9. Adam Caswell ........ 82 ........... 223-15
10. Adam Woodland ... 78 ........... 148-12
11. Mark Britton ......... 73 ............ 237-2
12. Paul Reed .............. 73 ............ 179-13
13. Ryan Jordan ......... 68 ............ 183-6
14. Bob Warren ........... 68 ........... 160-1
15. Chris Zak ............... 56 ............ 116-6
16. Stuart Riddle ......... 56 ............ 107-15
17. Mike Wilson .......... 46 ........... 108-9
18. Steve Wynne .......... 44 ........... 48-9

Year To Date:

1. Mark Radford ......... 394 ......... 1,368-7
2. Steve Burgess .......... 384 ......... 1,269-6
3. Alan Healy .............. 382 .......... 1,269-14
4. Darren North .......... 348 .......... 1,012-9
5. Simon Belcham ....... 293 .......... 907-5
6. Bob Warren ............. 287 .......... 964-11
7. Adam Caswell .......... 265 .......... 1,027-8
8. Paul Elmes ............... 237 .......... 946-7
9. Craig Edmunds ........ 228 ......... 1,162-9
10. Adam Woodland ...... 217 .......... 680-6
11. Derek Lucas ............. 201 .......... 507-2
12. Paul Reed ................. 175 .......... 516-4
13. Ryan Jordan ............. 173 .......... 715-13
14. Steve Wynne ............. 131 .......... 389-2
15. Dave Tippet .............. 113 .......... 349-3
16. Mark Britton ............. 102 ......... 302-0
17. Brian Shanks ............ 101 .......... 297-4
18. Eddie Perkins ........... 78 ............ 160-6
19. Mike Wilson ............. 70 ............ 168-5
20. Eddie Wynne ............ 58 ............ 80-9